package argvpb

var Stdout *StringWriter // bash uses this to match strings
var Stderr *StringWriter // bash dumps this as "help" about application options
var Stddbg *StringWriter // argv writes it's internal debugging output here

// StringWriter is a custom type that implements the io.Writer interface
// for a string variable. It holds a pointer to the string it will write to.
type StringWriter struct {
	s *string
}

// NewStringWriter creates a new StringWriter that writes to the provided string pointer.
func NewStringWriter(s *string) *StringWriter {
	return &StringWriter{s: s}
}

// Write implements the io.Writer interface. It appends the byte slice `p`
// to the string pointed to by the StringWriter.
func (sw *StringWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
	// Append the contents of the byte slice p to the string *sw.s
	*sw.s += string(p)
	return len(p), nil
}

/*
func main() {
	// 1. Declare the string variable that will be our output destination.
	var myout string

	// 2. Create a new writer that points to our string variable.
	//    Our StringWriter now satisfies the io.Writer interface.
	writer := NewStringWriter(&myout)

	// 3. Use our writer with functions that accept an io.Writer.
	fmt.Fprintln(writer, "Hello, world!")
	io.WriteString(writer, "This is the second line.\n")
	fmt.Fprintf(writer, "A number: %d\n", 123)

	// 4. Print the final contents of the string to verify.
	fmt.Println("--- Final content of myout: ---")
	fmt.Print(myout)
	fmt.Println("-----------------------------")
}
*/
/*
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	// 1. Declare the final string variable.
	var myout string

	// 2. Create a strings.Builder. It already implements io.Writer.
	var builder strings.Builder

	// 3. Use the builder as the io.Writer.
	fmt.Fprintln(&builder, "Hello from the builder!")
	io.WriteString(&builder, "This is the second line.\n")
	fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "Another number: %d\n", 456)

	// 4. Get the final string from the builder and assign it.
	myout = builder.String()

	// 5. Print the final contents of the string to verify.
	fmt.Println("--- Final content of myout: ---")
	fmt.Print(myout)
	fmt.Println("-----------------------------")
}
*/